### What is the lecture for
[#ceilt16](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ceilt16?src=hash)
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### Lecture
#### Noun
> An educational talk to an audience, especially one of students in a university.
### Lecture
#### Noun
> A long serious speech, especially one given as a scolding or reprimand.
### Lecture
#### Verb
> Deliver an educational lecture or lectures.
### Lecture
#### Verb
> Talk seriously or reprovingly to (someone).
*Bligh* 1972: **What's the Use of Lectures?**
> ‘[Lectures] are more or less continuous expositions by a speaker who wants the audience to learn something.’ Bligh
### No worse
### No better
> "Lectures were once useful, but now, when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary."
*Svinicki et al.* 2010: **McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers**
### Efficient
### Active learning
*Freeman et al.* 2014: **Active Learning Increases Student Performance in Science, Engineering and Mathematics**
> "Gather formative assessment data on a regular basis and see what students are actually learning."
[@RobertTalbert](http://rtalbert.org/blog/2015/teach-how-you-want-but)
> "We have to teach in a way that is fun. We get to choose how we teach."
Professor Sue Rigby